Boys' name · since 2011
Raian
23 babies named Raian in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,952 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,142 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 23
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
Raian currently ranks #13142 among boys' names in America, with 23 babies recorded since 2011.
Raian has 23 recorded births among boys since 2011, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13142 as of the latest data, more common than 6% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2025.
- #27,952 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,142 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 23 born since 2011
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raian ranks #27,952 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,142 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 23 born since 2011, peaking in the 2020s.
- #27,952 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,142 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 23
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
Raian's 23 recorded births place it above 38.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Raian compares
23 9th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Raian's all-time total is 94% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Raian | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 23 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 34 | 22,252 |
Raian's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Raian's full recorded timeline at 2023, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2011, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Raian popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Raian by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (18 births, 78% of the file).
2020s was Raian's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 78% of all-time use.
Raian births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 18 births (78% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2011–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Raian draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.